Kozakura-class traffic boat
# Kozakura-class traffic boat

The Kozakura-class traffic boat (小櫻型交通艇,, Kozakura-gata kōtsūtei) was a class of motor gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving from the 1930s to World War II. The IJN official designation was 30-ton traffic boat (三拾瓲交通艇,, 30-ton kōtsūtei).

## Background

In 1934, Manchukuo ordered four gunboats from Japan. The IJN established Extraordinary Navy Defense Corps (臨時海軍防備隊, Rinji Kaigun Bōbitai) to educate them and built two 30-ton motor gunboat Kozakura and Hakubai. In 1939, Kozakura and Hakubai which finished a duties and transferred to Manchukuo Imperial Navy, and the IJN withdrew from Manchukuo.

## Ships in class

| Ship | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Kozakura (小櫻) | 30 April 1935 | 25 July 1935 | 25 August 1935 | Harima's yard number # 217. Transferred to Manchukuo and renamed Hai Tien (海天) on 25 February 1939; survived war; whereabouts after that has been unknown. |
| Hakubai (白梅) | 30 April 1935 | 25 July 1935 | 25 August 1935 | Harima's yard number # 218. Transferred to Manchukuo and renamed Hai Yang (海陽) on 25 February 1939; out of service in wartime. |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Harima Zōsen (1960), p. 452–453
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Maru Special (1981), p. 52
* ↑ JACAR C05034350900, p. 2
* ↑ JACAR C05034620500, p. 5 and p. 8
* ↑ JACAR C05034620500, p. 1
* ↑ JACAR C05035340800
* ↑ JACAR C05034912100
